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In the final episode of NCIS season 15, which was broadcast on 22 May 2018, Gibbs visits the grave of his wife and daughter. The gravestone also has his name with date of birth 1954. Thus, he is 64 years old.

The Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC, is inscribed with 58,307 names, including 8 women. 41 were men from my base who died in 1970, 2 in rocket attacks and 39 in air crashes. When I remember them, I remember what else we did in Vietnam, besides fighting, that never got a lot of publicity.

Here is a moving tribute to the veterans of the USS Arizona that I didn't know about.

Colonel James Swett, USMC Another legend has left us. Colonel James Swett Sr., United States Marine Corps pilot of WWII passed away at the age of 88 here in Redding, California. He was the recipient of the Medal of Honor, the DFC and held two Purple Hearts for his actions in the South Pacific while assigned to VMF-221.

Saturday 27 August -- Seven of the 18 Urban Search and Rescue task forces FEMA has deployed were already in the region before the storm struck Sunday. (CNN) These US&R teams exist for the purpose of structuring local emergency personnel into integrated disaster response task forces. (FEMA) -- FEMA Director Mike Brown. "There's about 36 hours for folks to get ready. Beyond that, it's just too late. I can't emphasize enough to viewers how serious FEMA is taking this storm. The agency has dispatched teams to both states." (CNN) 6:45 pm -- President Bush declares a federal state of emergency...

The bar-graphs that display the results of this poll are misleading. Total votes for each candidate by MEMBERS should be divided by the total number of MEMBER votes. As it is, non-members are inflating the percentage of votes against President Bush.

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MIA/POW families are organizing to expose what John Kerry did to them in his quest to normalize relations with Communist Vietnam, 1991-1994.

I've been putting together a timeline of the end of Kerry's short tour in Vietnam, and I think the sequence highlights two events that have not been focused upon together and should be emphasized: (a) Kerry abandoned the other boats and fled from what he thought was a battle, and (b) he abandoned his own boat and rode home with the wounded. 13 Mar 1969 - Five Swift Boats are sent to raid a Vietcong village: Kerry PCF-94, Droz PCF-43, Pees PCF-3, Chenoweth PCF-23, and Thurlow PCF-51. Special Forces Lieutenant Rassman goes along for the ride on Kerry's boat. They...